This
      week:
     
     
      The
      Kentucky
      Fried
      Movie
     
    
   
   
    
     
      o
      boy.
      Just
      last
      week
      we
      were
      talking
     
     
      |
      about
      how
      people
      mistake
      this
      space
      for
     
    

    
     
      a
      cooking
      column,
      and
      just
      when
      they
     
     
      were
      starting
      to
      learn
      otherwise,
      |
      go
      and
     
     
      advertise
      take-out...
     
    

    
     
      Oh,
      well.
      The
      Kentucky
      Fried
      Movie
      (or
      KFM,
     
     
      if
      you
      think
      “fried”
      creates
      a
      negative
      image
      of
     
     
      the
      product)
      is
      a
      collection
      of
      skits
      performed
     
    

    
     
      by
      the
      (largely
      unheard
      of)
      Kentucky
      Fried
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Theatre
      troupe.
      The
      skits
      range
      from
      amusing
     
     
      but
      dull
      all
      the
      way
      up
      to
      really
      funny,
      but
      they
     
     
      all
      share
      a
      common
      theme:
      they
      mercilessly
     
     
      skewer
      at
      least
      one
      movie
      or
      television
      conven-
     
     
      tion
      every
      two
      minutes.
     
    

    
     
      Now,
      |
      know
      what
      you’re
      thinking.
      Parody
      is
     
     
      old
      hat,
      right?
      People
      don’t
      flock
      to
      see
      spoofs
     
     
      anymore,
      right?
      Well,
      tell
      that
      to
      the
      producers
     
     
      of
      Hot
      Shots!
      Part
      Deux!
      This
      little
      epic
      KFM,
     
     
      produced
      in
      1977,
      was
      the
      first
      movie
      made
      by
     
     
      some
      of
      the
      same
      people
      who
      went
      on
      to
      do
     
     
      Airplane!
      or
      Naked
      Gun,
      where
      the
      jokes
      come
     
     
      at
      you
      every
      5.86
      seconds,
      Airplane!,
      officially
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      clocked
      at
      an
      average
      ofa
      gag
      every
      7.5
      seconds
     
     
      (pretty
      slow
      by
      Shots
      standards),
      which
      looks
     
     
      like
      warp
      speed
      compared
      to
      the
      KFM
      (I’ve
      got
     
     
      lazy
      fingers,
      okay’).
     
    

    
     
      But
      damn
      the
      speed,
      what
      about
      the
      jokes?
     
     
      Who
      gets
      ripped
      to
      bits
      and
      how?
      It’s
      likea
      new
     
     
      Friday
      the
      |
      3th
      flick:
      you
      know
      they're
      gonna
      get
     
     
      sliced
      into
      julienne
      fries,
      but
      need
      to
      see
      all
      the
     
     
      gory
      details
      (by
      the
      way,
      |
      have
      never
      watched
     
     
      a
      Jason
      flick).
     
    

    
     
      Okay,
      I’ll
      spoil
      the
      thrill
      of
      discovery
      and
      tell
     
     
      you!
      Crying
      Game
      fans
      should
      skip
      this
      part;
      |
     
     
      know
      how
      you
      are
      about
      surprises.
     
    

    
     
      Nobody
      who
      was
      anybody
      in
      the
      1970's
      was
     
     
      safe
      from
      John
      Landis
      and
      people
      who
      wrote
     
     
      this
      film.
      Any
      and
      all
      entertainment
      mediums
     
     
      they
      could
      think
      of
      get
      the
      hatchet
      job.
      Three
     
     
      (okay,
      four)
      of
      the
      best
      skits:
     
    

    
     
      The
      Self
      Help
      Album:
      Remember
      records?
     
     
      Those
      big
      black
      circular
      things
      that
      had
      ABBA
      on
     
     
      them?
      Back
      before
      videotapes
      and
      books
      be-
     
     
      came
      the
      big
      self-help
      craze,
      instructional
      records
     
     
      were
      a
      big
      thing
      (even
      Raveen
      had
      his
      own
      set).
     
     
      They
      really
      get
      the
      axe
      in
      this
      skit.
      A
      young,
     
     
      nerdy,
      obviously
      virginal
      couple
      prepare
      to
     
     
      make
      love
      for
      the
      first
      time
      with
      the
      help
      of
      “The
     
     
      Joy
      of
      Sex
      Album”.
      Their
      tender,
      romantic,
     
     
      loving
      mood
      is
      continually
      interrupted
      by
      things
     
     
      the
      narrator
      forgotto
      mention.
      At
      one
      point
      he
     
     
      interjects
      that
      the
      woman
      should
      stop
      now--
     
     
      right
      in
      the
      middle
      of
      the
      fun
      --
      to
      go
      insert
      her
     
    

    
     
      ...continued
      next
      page
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      Grafton...
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      and
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      berry
      &
      |
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      no
     
    

    
     
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